Book Reviews
Recommended Reads
For the sake of encouraging other writers, I have included only the reviews of books that I recommended. All reviews are from books that I received through ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies). As always, although I was sent a complimentary copy of these books, all reviews are voluntarily and honest.
3rd February, 2025
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife by June O’Sullivan
“I’m sure you know as well as I do, Mrs. Carthy, that for a lightkeeper the light is all and a lightkeeper’s wife must respect …
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26th January, 2025
Finding Serenissima by Apple Gidley
“As the service drew to a close and the blessing given, the vaulted ceilings lit up in a shimmering cascade of glorious color, a tribute …
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21st January, 2025
Cicada Man by Vincent Trezor
“I’ve been living my whole life underground in a shell of what my true form really was, just like these tiny monsters. Finally, I was …
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15th January, 2025
They Won’t Apologize for the Mess by Xine Rose
“You were the carrot that the universe dangled in front of me—the prize that I knew was out of reach, but I went for anyway.” …
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10th January, 2025
After the Spirits Come: A Continuation of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol by Beth Ford
“Scrooge’s decades of avariciousness were well known in London. Only time and concerted effort would erase that reputation.” The novel, After the Spirits Come: A …
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5th January, 2025
The Echo Dies by Roger Teichmann
“All the great thinkers were predictors, Marz, Darwin, Nietzche, and in a way they all predicted the same thing—perfection. . . The history of humanity …
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